Alexander Rossi and Caterham at COTA

[Magic]

Alexander Rossi has been no stranger to COTA. In fact, Rossi was the first professional driver to ever hit the pavement here, driving Turn 16 to Turn 1 when the Circuit was still under construction. In the years since, he's been a fixture at COTA, participating in multiple Twitter Q&As, meet and greets at past Formula 1 USGPs, and even our annual Fan Forum. That was, of course, until 2015.

And he was driving a Caterham too! :driving:

 

[w.a.nelson]

Great picture of works in progress. Both Alexander and the track.

Perhaps the Indy success will help get him a real ride in F1. Would be nice to see an American driver there again.

 

[texas mongrel]

https://youtu.be/5FM7rlXXqdw

David Coulthard drove COTA before Rossi.....

Ah, the good ole days when F1 cars sounded like they're supposed to!